Rainsy Asks Constitutional Council to Clear Election Candidacy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday asked the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) to reinstate him as a voter and candidate for Sunday’s election, privileges he lost due to criminal convictions that King Norodom Sihamoni recently pardoned. “i would like the Constitutional Council of Cambodia to ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-asks-constitutional-council-to-clear-election-candidacy-36629/
R’kiri floods trap thousands
The number of Ratanakkiri residents trapped in their homes by floodwater that continues to rise amid relentless rain is now estimated by provincial authorities to be at least 4,000. Heavy rain has put five Lumphat district communes – Lbaing i, Chey Uddom, Batang, Seda and Kaleng ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/r%E2%80%99kiri-floods-trap-thousands
Cambodians income rose four times in two decades
Cambodia’s per capita income increased four times in two decades since the Kingdom held its first United Nations supported democratic election in 1993, according to a report from Cambodia’s Development and Research institute. in 1993, the country’s per capita income was only $240 USD per year, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZWIxMzQ0ODVmZmQ
Hun Sen expresses strong commitment to serve country, citizens
King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday appointed Hun Sen as the Prime Minister for the fifth mandate of the inaugural session of parliament. immediately after the broadcast of the appointment letter by the King, Hun Sen expressed his strong commitment to fulfill his duties as Prime Minister. “To ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=Y2ZkNzAwYzM4ODc#sthash.zVpF3Aeo.dpuf
Disability Groups Put Focus on Speech Therapy
The government’s Disability Action Council (DAC) on Monday announced that it would be including speech therapy in its strategic plan for the next four years to address the problem of speech and swallowing disorders. DAC Secretary-General Em Chan Makara said the decision comes after research, conducted ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disability-groups-put-focus-on-speech-therapy-49400/
Cambodian Opposition Gives Government Three-month Deadline
Cambodian opposition officials said Tuesday they will give the government three months to hold a new election, or they will lead a movement in hopes of toppling its leadership. Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the government is harming its citizens ...
Theara Khoun
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-opposition-gives-government-threemonth-deadline/1812433.html
Fisherman files Anti-Corruption Unit complaint
A fisherman who survived a deadly collision after his boat smashed into a towboat off the south coast earlier this year filed a complaint Tuesday with the Anti-Corruption Unit, accusing a Koh Kong Provincial Court judge and his clerk of corruption after the judge allowed ...
Phorn Bopha and Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fisherman-files-anti-corruption-unit-complaint-54197/
‘People’s congress’ to test ban
Opposition leaders yesterday announced plans to hold a thousands-strong “people’s congress” in the capital’s Freedom Park on Sunday, despite a ban on gatherings at the site. Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy and vice-president Kem Sokha, following their return from overseas trips to Australia, New ...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98people%E2%80%99s-congress%E2%80%99-test-ban
Temple may be heritage site
Sambor Prei Kuk, the seventh-century temple of the pre-Angkorian Chenla Kingdom built by isanavarman i, is to be submitted for consideration as a World Heritage Site to UNESCO. The announcement came yesterday at a seminar on research and conservation on the temple complex, the most important ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/temple-may-be-heritage-site
Cambodia May Lure Up to 10 IPOs a Year, Korea Bourse Says
Cambodia’s stock market, which is set to open next week after several delays, may be able to lure five-to-10 initial public offerings a year, according to Korea Exchange inc., the Cambodian government’s partner in the bourse. State-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will start trading ...
Blind eye to forest's plight
Rangers paid by an internationally funded conservation organisation have been directly profiting for years from the very trade they are supposed to be preventing in southwest Cambodia, documents obtained by the Post allege. Former Conservation international (Ci) staff members say when they spoke up about endemic ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032655247/National-news/blind-eye-to-forests-plight.html
Cambodia's garment industry at crossroads
Nun Vanak is an excellent example of how Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry has helped to change lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this country. The 23-year-old is part of Cambodia’s half-a-million-strong workforce – mostly young women – that keeps these garment factories running. Her income ...
City poised for shopping mall boom
After spending $30 on clothes, Chan Pheavy sat down for lunch in the food court of Sorya Mall, plunking her shopping bags on the floor beside her. “it is very comfortable to do shopping here,” Pheavy, 25, who works for a commercial bank in Phnom ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/city-poised-shopping-mall-boom
គ.ជ.ប.បង្ហាញបញ្ជីឈ្មោះអ្នកបោះឆ្នោតបណ្ដោះអាសន្នឆ្នាំ២០១៣
គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បានបង្ហាញលទ្ធផលបណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៃការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងការចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ២០១៣។ មន្ត្រីឃ្លាំមើលការបោះឆ្នោត រិះគន់ចំពោះប្រព័ន្ធចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតដែលរៀបចំឡើងដោយ គ.ជ.ប និងស្នើសុំឲ្យមានការកែប្រែ ទើបអាចធានាចំពោះការចុះឈ្មោះ និងពិនិត្យឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតមានភាពត្រឹមត្រូវ។ ពលរដ្ឋអាយុ ១៨ឆ្នាំឡើងទៅចំនួនជាង ៦ម៉ឺន ៨ពាន់នាក់ (៦៨.៦៨២នាក់) បានទៅចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតថ្មី ចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី១ ដល់ថ្ងៃទី១១ ខែតុលា។ លទ្ធផលបណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៃការពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ និងចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ២០១៣ ចេញដោយ គ.ជ.ប នៅថ្ងៃទី១២ ខែតុលា បង្ហាញថា នៅរាជធានីខេត្តទាំង២៤ គ.ជ.ប បានកែតម្រូវឈ្មោះក្នុងបញ្ជីឆ្នោតចំនួនជាង ៦ពាន់នាក់ (៦.៣៩៤នាក់) និងបានលុបឈ្មោះក្នុងបញ្ជីឆ្នោតចំនួនជាង ២ម៉ឺន ២ពាន់នាក់ (២២.២៧៨នាក់)។ អគ្គលេខាធិការ គ.ជ.ប លោក ទេព នីថា ពន្យល់ថា ការចុះឈ្មោះអ្នកបោះឆ្នោតថ្មី ការលុបឈ្មោះ និងការកែតម្រូវឈ្មោះក្នុងបញ្ជីបោះឆ្នោត ជាការធ្វើបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពបញ្ជីបោះឆ្នោតដែលត្រូវធ្វើឡើងជារៀង រាល់ឆ្នាំ៖ «យើងត្រូវធ្វើបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពបញ្ជីនេះ គឺទី១ ...
ទេព សុរ៉ាវី
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/politics/nec-release-first-report-of-voter-registration-10122013061025.html
Ex-Finance Minister’s Sister Buys Up More Ethnic Jarai Lands
About 50 ethnic Jarai families in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district have sold their farmland and part of the forests their culture depends on to the sister of former Finance Minister Keat Chhon, rights group Adhoc said Monday. Last year, the ethnic minority Jarai in the district ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-finance-ministers-sister-buys-up-more-ethnic-jarai-lands-45093/
គ.ជ.បនឹងប្រកាសលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតបណ្ដោះអាសន្ននៅថ្ងៃទី១២ សីហា
ស្របពេលដែលការបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការចម្រុះសម្រាប់ស៊ើបអង្កេតភាព មិនប្រក្រតីក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោត មិនទាន់កើតមាន គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) គ្រោងប្រកាសលទ្ធផលបណ្ដោះអាសន្ន ស្ដីពីការបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងតំណាងរាស្ត្រសម្រាប់នីតិកាលទី៥ នៅព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី១២ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ នេះ។ មន្ត្រីគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត ហៅកាត់ថា គ.ជ.ប ឱ្យដឹងថា ទោះជាការបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការចំពោះកិច្ចចម្រុះ សម្រាប់ស៊ើបអង្កេតភាពមិនប្រក្រតីក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោត នៅខ្វែងគំនិតគ្នាមិនអាចបង្កើតទៅរួចក្ដី ក៏ គ.ជ.ប នឹងប្រកាសលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងតំណាងរាស្ត្រ សម្រាប់នីតិកាលទី៥ នៅវេលាម៉ោង ៩ព្រឹក ថ្ងៃទី១២ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣។ អគ្គលេខាធិការ គ.ជ.ប លោក ទេព នីថា មានប្រសាសន៍បញ្ជាក់នៅល្ងាចថ្ងៃទី១១ សីហា ថា ការប្រកាសលទ្ធផលនេះ នឹងធ្វើឡើងតាមរយៈការផ្សាយរបស់ទូរទស្សន៍ជាតិកម្ពុជា វិទ្យុជាតិ អេហ្វ.អឹម (FM) 96 MHz និងវិទ្យុវត្តភ្នំ FM 105.70 MHz។ លោក ទេព ...
Floods a Yearly Trial for Those Living Along Mekong
TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham provInce – From November to May, the Mekong RIver Is quIet. So Is lIfe for the hundreds of thousands of people who lIve along Its banks, whIch In CambodIa forms a 155,000 square km basIn coverIng sIx provInces and Phnom ...
Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong-44143/
GMAC Defends Use of Force Against Striking Workers
A senior member of the Garment Manufacturer’s Association in Cambodia (GMAC) on Sunday endorsed the use of deadly force by military police against striking garment workers, which left five dead and more than 20 with gunshot wounds. “GMAC condemns the use of violence, period,” he ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gmac-defends-use-of-force-against-striking-workers-50136/
‘Land for vote’ deal backfires
Before casting their ballots, residents in three communes in Kulen district carefully mulled their options. On one hand, many have found themselves locked in a land dispute with the government – forced to farm their land in secret from the forestry administration. On the other, ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98land-vote%E2%80%99-deal-backfires
Journalists in CPP firing line over ‘1-party’ tag
The single-party National Assembly sat for the third day of its third plenary session Thursday, with a senior ruling party lawmaker calling on information Minister Khieu Kanharith to examine whether journalists who call the Assembly “single party” can be punished under law. Sixty-four of the 68 ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/journalists-in-cpp-firing-line-over-1-party-tag-59430/